Square golf game



Patented Feb. 28, 1933 Y'UNITED ASTATI-:s

.laiTENT- oFFlcE HARRY H. WILSON, or NEWARK, NEW JERSEY SQUARE GOLF GAME 'i Application led August 8, 1930. Serial No. 473,829.

` yet causing the ball to drop successively intok consecutive holes or cups provided along the course. t 1- Y. v

Another object of the present invention lies` in the provision of'a novel game of the above character, vhaving a playing field provided with a surfacecalculated to oii'er Vsome resistance to the movementl of the ball thereover, Vthusvenabling the player of the game to exercise more or less control of the ball in its movement so as to direct the same as desired. 1 1

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a novelfgame of the above character which is of simple, cheap construction and has a substantially with simplyy constructed hazards.

- Other objects of this invention, not atV this time more particularly enumerated,will be clearly understood from the following detailed ldescription of thesame.

- The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 41 isa plan view of the novel square golf game of this invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken along line 2 2 of 1, looking in the direction of the 0 arrows.

- Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the struc- V'ture' illustrated infFig. 1, and

. Fig. 4' illustrates a fragmentary sectional perspective view, in 4which the playingield is provided with a roughened surface simulating grass.

'Y Similar charactersl of vreference are employed in all of theabovedescribed views,

to indicate corresponding parts'. Referring now to said drawing, the referfiat playing field ence numeralv `1 designates the novel square golf game asv a' whole. Game 1 comprises a substantially square casing having a bottom 2 and side walls 3 extending upwardly therefrom. The upper edge portions of side walls 55 3 are bent inwardly to provide retaining flanges 4 for retaining or holding la transparent cover 5 of glass or other suitable material within the t casing. Retaining flanges 4 enga-ge the peripheral edges of the 60 .Y outer surface of the transparent cover, while a spacing member 6 of suitable material, such asA metalcardboard, `engages and Vsupports the peripheral edges of theinner surfaceof the transparent cover 5. j *G5 Spacing member 6 is illustrated as formed from sheet material such as metal and lies adjacent the inner surfaces of the walls 3.

Spacing member 6 rests upon the ymarginal edges of ay playing lfield 7. Playing'iield '7 constitutes the upper surface of a bodyfS, of any desired'material capable of being formed or constructed to provide the desired surface contours of the playing field. The bodyjS may be made of plaster Paris or other suit-4f" able material which may be worked in a plastic state and then causedto harden, orthe same may be made of wood, metal or other suitable substance.

The maj or area of the playing -ield 7 is substantially fiat and extends parallel to the casing bottom 2. This playing field is provided `with av plurality of holes or cups `9 which are suitably arranged around the playing field, preferably as illustrated in the drawing,and 85 arenumbered 1 to 6 inclusive Ato indicate the successive order in which said holes are to be played. Playing field 7 is illustrated as provided-with hazards in the form of a centrally disposed 'relatively large depression simulat- 90 It will Abe noted that holes9 marked on the .100k r playing field, the ball must be rolled to the eld as 1 to 3 are located on one side of the lake 11 and bunkers 12, whereas the remaining holes 3 to 6 are'located on the opposite Side of the lake 11 and bunkers 12, thereby necessitating the passage of the ball between the lake and bunkers during the playing of the game.

The surface of the playing field 7 maybe suitably decorated in any manner desired as by printing, painting, lithographing or otherwise depicting thereon, pictures such as 13 to 18 shown in the drawing. It willbe noted that a line or other marking Vextends from hole 1 to hole 2 and from thence on by way of the successive holes back to hole 1, thereby indicating the general course to be Italien bythe ball in playing the game. The ball 19 used to play the game is preferably made of dense, hard material, such as steel, and is preferablyV solid. The co-effici- .ent of friction of the material of the ball 19 upon the surface of the field, should, preferably, be relatively high, so that the ball will not tend Yto over travel vdesired movements and so that its movements canbe controlledV within reasonable limits. If desired, the surface of the playing field 7 may be roughened I somewhat as by covering the playing surface of-body 8 with Aan adhering material simulating miniature grass', such as green tinted paper pulp 20, illustratedV in Fig. 4. The use of such a friction material even ,further increases the co-efiicient friction between the ball 19 and the playing field surface, so that the movements of the ball can be more accurately controlled.

The preferred manner of playing the game is to use hole or cup 9 which is designated by the marking 6 on the playing field,as the driving tee. from the cup marked 6 on the cup 9 which is marked 1 on the playing field,

and fromV thereto the cup which is marked 2 and lso on to the consecutive holes until the ball again returns to the cup marked 6 on the playing field. At no time should the ball roll into the lake 11; In the event that theball does roll into the lake at any time, thesame must be returned to tliecupy marked 6 and a new start made.

It will be apparent that the naturenumber "and position of the hazards aswell as the number of holes may be variously altered, as `desired, without departing from the-spirit or scope of this invention. Also the relative Y roughness of the playing field 7 may be greatlyY varied,` thereby obtaining varying degrees of control over the ball 19.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and Vmany apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shallhazard, a vertical casino the sides of said playing eld for limiting the be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

lVhat is claimed is:

1. A square golf game comprising, a body having an upper surface which is substantially flat and square in shape, said upper surface providing a playing field having a plurality of shallow holes or cups disposed therein in spaced relation from one another,

a vertical casing extending around the marplayareas adjacentthe'mar'gin of Vsaid lakefI in the proximity of said barriers, andn a ball movable over said playing field forgsucc'essive engagement in said holes or cups, it being necessary in playing the game to roll the ball 2. A square golf game comprising, a body with a substantially flatlupper surface proing square in shape and having a central relatively large recess therein providing a lake extending around over said limited play areas without havinglthe ball drop into the lake or strike avbarrier projection.

viding a playing field, said playing field area ofV play to said square playing field, barf -rier vprojections extending-from opposite sides of said Vcasing inwardly toward said lake, said barrier projections terminating short of said lake, thereby providing relatively narrow play` areas lying between the' inner ends of said barrier projections and the margin of said lake, said playing field having a plurality of consecutively varranged holes or shallow depressions therein, and a ball movable over said playing field for suc-1 cessive .engagement in said consecutive holes, someof said holes being located on one side of said lake and barrier projections and the remainder of said holes being'located on the opposite side of said lake and barrier projec-i tions, whereby in playing the game it is necessary to roll the ball over-'said narrow play areas. lying between said barrier projections and said lake.'

3. A square golf game comprising, a body vwith afsubstantially fiat upper surface pro- Y viding a playing field, said playing field being square in shape and having a'central relatively large recess therein providing a lake hazard, a vertical casing extending around* the sides of said playing eld for limiting the area of play to said square playing field, barrier projections extending from opposite sides of said casing inwardly toward said lake,

ysaid barrier projections terminating short of jj said lake, thereby providing relatively narrow play areas lying between the inner ends of said barrier projections and the margin of said lake, said playing eld having a plurality of consecutively arranged holes or shallow depressions therein, said playing field being provided with lines connecting said consecutively arranged holes in series, and a ball movable over said playing field for successive engagement in said consecutive holes, some of said holes being located on one side of said lake and barrier projections and the remainder of said holes being located on the opposite side of said lake and barrier projections, said lines connecting consecutive holes on opposite sides of said lake and barrier projeotions being curved, whereby in playing the game it is necessary to roll the ball along a curved line and over said narrow play areas lying between said barrier projections and said lake.

In testimony, that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereunto set my hand this 7th day of August, 1930.

HARRY H. WILSON. 

